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San Joaquin County, CA

Demographic and economic profile of San Joaquin County, CA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

San Joaquin County's 816,108-person labor market is anchored in its role as a logistics and agricultural hub in California's Central Valley, with a foreign-born population of 25.2% reflecting long-standing ties to both farmworker and warehouse-sector labor pipelines. The workforce skews toward blue-collar occupations, with only 21.6% holding a bachelor's degree or higher and median worker earnings of $43,620, keeping labor costs below many California metros. A 7.5% population gain over five years, a median home value of $494,500, and a 34.6-minute mean commute signal continued residential spillover from the Bay Area, though a 7.4% unemployment rate points to persistent slack in local job absorption.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

816,108

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Household Income

$92,179

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

35.4 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

+7.5% since 2018

San Joaquin County added population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone254,518 (31.9%)
  • Some Other Race Alone155,528 (19.5%)
  • Asian Alone148,289 (18.6%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race105,505 (13.2%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races61,945 (7.8%)
  • Black or African American Alone54,932 (6.9%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish197,442
  2. 2.Other Indo-European37,543
  3. 3.Other Asian and Pacific Island28,277
  4. 4.Tagalog (incl. Filipino)22,637
  5. 5.Vietnamese7,289

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

26.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

60.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

13.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

25.2%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

25,319

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$42,116

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

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Per Capita Income

$36,192

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

7.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

12.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance72,873
  2. 2.Retail Trade (Group)41,329
  3. 3.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services39,123
  4. 4.Manufacturing (Group)34,233
  5. 5.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities31,483

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations115,024
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations66,493
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations65,869
  4. 4.Service Occupations61,399
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations42,314

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 2.74×)15,102
  2. 2.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.55×)31,198
  3. 3.Construction (LQ 1.23×)29,267
  4. 4.Wholesale Trade (LQ 1.08×)8,625
  5. 5.Retail Trade (LQ 1.08×)40,451

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$494,500

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$1,633/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

62.0%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $500,000 to $749,99950,091 (32.9%)
  • $400,000 to $499,99930,675 (20.2%)
  • $750,000 to $999,99921,191 (13.9%)
  • $300,000 to $399,99920,327 (13.4%)
  • $1,000,000 to $1,499,9998,204 (5.4%)
  • $250,000 to $299,9994,398 (2.9%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

21.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

80.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

61.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$43,620

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

34.1 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

5.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone248,632 (73.7%)
  • Carpooled41,532 (12.3%)
  • Worked At Home35,817 (10.6%)
  • Walked3,897 (1.2%)
  • Public Transit3,011 (0.9%)
  • Other2,412 (0.7%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.